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Vegan Italian Lemon Cookies

Jillian Glenn
These light and lemony Italian cookies, dusted with powdered sugar, will brighten up any day! This recipe is so simple and you only need a few minutes to make them. They're vegan, gluten-free, but no one will ever guess it because they're so delicious!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 24
Calories 99 kcal

Equipment

  • baking sheet
  • parchment paper
  • mixing bowl
  • fork or whisk for mixing
  • spoon
  • wire cooling rack

Ingredients
  

Vegan Italian Lemon Cookie Ingredients

  • ½ cup melted vegan butter
  • ½ cup lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup organic cane sugar or ⅓ cup of purecane sugar substitute
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon almond or oat milk
  • 2 cups regular or gluten-free all purpose flour

Powdered Sugar Topping

Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1 ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoon melted vegan butter
  • 2 oz vegan cream cheese

Instructions
 

Vegan Italian Lemon Cookies Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a medium mixing bowl, using a fork or whisk, mix the melted vegan butter, lemon juice, lemon extract, vanilla extract, baking powder, sugar or purecane, salt, and almond milk until a smooth consistency forms. Add the flour and mix until a thick cookie dough forms.
  • Use a spoon to scoop out about 1 ½ tablespoon of cookie dough per cookie and then place each ball onto the baking sheet about 1 ½ inches apart. Continue until the baking sheet is full. You may need to bake in 2-3 batches.
  • Bake the cookies in the oven for 12-15 minutes or until they are golden on the bottoms and lift easily off of the baking sheet with a spatula. While the cookies bake, either prepare the vegan cream cheese icing by mixing the powdered sugar, vegan cream cheese, and melted vegan butter together OR prepare the powdered sugar for dusting.
  • Set the cookies onto a wire rack to cool and then while they are still warm, either dust the tops with powdered sugar or drizzle them with vegan cream cheese icing. Serve warm with an ice cold glass of oat milk!

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 99kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.02gSodium: 55mgPotassium: 7mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 181IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 0.4mg
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